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"You dare agree with me? Prepare to meet your horrible doom!"

Astronomers have spotted the most distant and brightest "space laser" ever seen, and it's blasting from a galaxy collision that occurred when the universe was half its current age.

A massive X1.4 solar flare won't endanger NASA's four Artemis 2 astronauts on their way to the moon.

Auroras may be visible from Alaska to Wyoming tonight as Earth braces for impact from a speedy coronal mass ejection.

Artemis 2 will launch four astronauts around the moon no sooner than April 1. Why won't this quartet land on the lunar surface?

"It ain't about racism. It's about the human condition."

NASA may not be able to move forward with all three of its planned Venus missions as budget pressures force difficult trade-offs across its planetary science portfolio.

A NASA X-ray telescope has captured a breathtaking portrait of a supernova remnant, revealing unseen features of the exploded star.

'We will not back down! It's high time we bring Mars back under control.'

New simulations suggest Saturn's rings formed from a shattered moon called Chrysalis, offering clues to the planet's tilt and surprisingly young rings.

With bright meteors sighted over Ohio, Texas, and Europe, you might wonder what's going on. Is meteor activity really increasing, or is there just a surge in reporting?

Sperm struggles to find its way to an egg in microgravity, suggesting mammalian reproduction in space may not be possible.

While you wait for Star Wars: Ahsoka Season 2, step back through time with Ahsoka's Clone Wars-era ship, now $9 off at Walmart.

NASA's long-anticipated Artemis 2 mission — the first crewed flight to the moon in more than half a century — could lift off as soon as April 1. Here's how you can watch it live.

The Astronauts for NASA's Artemis 2 mission to fly around the moon have arrived at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, just five days before their historic mission is scheduled to lift off.

Artemis 2 aims to fly to the moon with four astronauts on April 1 at 6:24 p.m. EDT (2224 GMT). Here's how you can watch live.

Ideal for adults and children alike, this super-compact tabletop Celestron Firstscope is perfect for fast, fuss-free skywatching. I'd never part with mine and it's even cheaper thanks to Amazon's Big Spring Sale.

'Seeing Ryan add all these layers, I'm like, 'Oh good, he’s covering the things that I didn’t do.''

On Episode 203 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by Dr. Namrata Goswami of Johns Hopkins University to examine the potential threats to American leadership in space.

The Antennae galaxies are witnessed in the process of merging into a single elliptical galaxy.

A new atlas of 45 potentially habitable planets makes us think of the new film "Project Hail Mary," based on the book by Andy Weir.